Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-26 Thread Don Gould
Andrew Errington wrote: Jo and I took advantage of Harvey Normans 10/15=25 interest free weekend and got a couple of IPAQs with wifi and bluetooth. Do you still have to pay the booking fee even if it's interest free? yes. you also pay a service fee every year

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:51:05 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > >If anyone wants copies of these, let me know. > > > > > > Yes please. > > In other news... > > Jo and I took advantage of Harvey Normans 10/15=25 interest free weekend > and got a couple of IPAQs

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-25 Thread Andrew Errington
> Jo and I took advantage of Harvey Normans 10/15=25 interest free weekend > and got a couple of IPAQs with wifi and bluetooth. Do you still have to pay the booking fee even if it's interest free?

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-25 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: If anyone wants copies of these, let me know. Yes please. In other news... Jo and I took advantage of Harvey Normans 10/15=25 interest free weekend and got a couple of IPAQs with wifi and bluetooth. I was skyping my dad from the cafe in the riccarton hoyts on Monday.

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-25 Thread Nick Rout
For people interested in asterisk: 1. i have downloaded asteriskathome 2.8 iso - this is a complete distro with asterisk and all the addons - see http://asteriskathome.sf.net for details. Looks good, haven't tried it yet. 2. I am downloading a systm documentary on asterisk - some of you may remem

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:51, you wrote: > Can i clarify please, will these devices work with any SIP type VOIP > service or is the hack limited to hooking into Skype? Fundamentally it is a device that allows you to plug a phone handset into your soundcard (mic and speaker jacks) in place of a heads

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Hadley Rich
On Friday 21 April 2006 14:51, Nick Rout wrote: > Can i clarify please, will these devices work with any SIP type VOIP > service or is the hack limited to hooking into Skype? They are using your soundcard so you could use them with an SIP/IAX softphone too if you choose. Some softphones let you c

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
Can i clarify please, will these devices work with any SIP type VOIP service or is the hack limited to hooking into Skype? On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:42:23 +1200 Andrew Errington wrote: (about chat cords) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Don Gould
Southisland components should have 600 ohm transformers for telephone use. I've also used the ones from farnell before and they're very good (thou I recall they weren't cheap). Cheers Don Volker Kuhlmann wrote: I couldn't find a 600R transformer, so I built the potential divider version. I

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:32, you wrote: > > I couldn't find a 600R transformer, so I built the potential divider > > version. It does work, but I seemed to get a lot of echo, or rather, > > the other end got a lot of echo. > > That transformer looks like a somewhat specialised item to me. If the > l

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I couldn't find a 600R transformer, so I built the potential divider > version. It does work, but I seemed to get a lot of echo, or rather, the > other end got a lot of echo. That transformer looks like a somewhat specialised item to me. If the local electronics shops don't have it, and I wou

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:00, you wrote: > OK found it. They're called Chat cords, and can be found at > http://www.chat-cord.com/ ( buy from OZ, > http://ozvoip.com/showProduct.php?device=chatcord ), or build your own at > http://www.grynx.com/index.php/projects/build-your-own-chat-cord/ Aha! This

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:00:59 +1200 Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:31:53 +1200 > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:57:11 +1200 > > Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Tell us everything! Cordless is my interest. > > > > > You

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:31:53 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:57:11 +1200 > Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Tell us everything! Cordless is my interest. > > > You can buy or make a converter to plug your current cordless into the usb > port

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:57:11 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tell us everything! Cordless is my interest. > You can buy or make a converter to plug your current cordless into the usb port. I've got one at work, and found plans on how to make one for about $10. I'll post more deta

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-20 Thread Hadley Rich
On Thursday 20 April 2006 18:57, Don Gould wrote: > Hadley Rich wrote: > >There are also heaps of SIP based hardphones available (not currently very > >available in NZ but I have some inside knowledge that that is about to > >change :). > > Tell us everything! Cordless is my interest. IMHO the be

Re: Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-19 Thread Don Gould
Hadley Rich wrote: Indeed, an open standards product is definitely the way to go. No agrument here. Asterisk is great although not necessary if you simply want to make VoIP phone calls. In my case I got on to this because my mum and dad both use skype to talk with family a lot now.

Asterisk, SIP etc. [was Re: Skype - DualPhone]

2006-04-19 Thread Hadley Rich
On Thursday 20 April 2006 18:23, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Try http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/. You'll get a far better > solution that won't take all your available resources for no aparrent (sp?) > reason, and isn't owned by ebay. > > I really am getting to love this product, and I've only j